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AC Adjourns Hearing of Reference Against Sharif Family

Islamabad (December 11, 2017): The accountability court on Monday adjourned hearing of NAB references against Sharif family till December 19, 2017.

The court completed recording statements of prosecution witnesses in London Flats and Al-Azizia References.

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The defense counsels also completed cross-examination of the NAB witnesses in both the cases.On Monday, MNA Captain (retd) Safder appeared before the court in London flat reference. Defense counsel conducted cross-examination of prosecution witness Mailk Tayyib.

During the cross-examination, the witnesses said that he did not know those who had brought the cheque to him.As the hearing began early morning, Nawaz’s counsel asked the court to delay the proceedings until 11am. The judge accepted the request and adjourned the hearing.

Harris conducted cross-examination of the prosecution’s witness, Tayyab Ahmed, who recorded his statement and presented documents last week.In London Flat Reference, prosecution witness, NAB assistant director Adeel Akhtar, recorded his statement.

Khwaja Harris pleaded the court to provide certified copy of statement of prosecution witness Afaq Ahmed, which he recorded with the NAB.

The Bureau’s prosecutor told the court that the the statement was submitted in the Supreme Court. Her sought time from the court to provide the same to defense counsel.The court is conducting proceedings on three references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case.

The former premier is accused in all three references — Al Azizia, Avenfield and Flagship Investment — whereas his daughter Maryam and Safdar are accused in only one: Avenfield (London flats).

Nawaz and Maryam are presently in London after being exempted from appearing before the court for selected periods.

The last hearing of all three references was held on December 4, whereas the court continued hearing the Al Azizia reference daily until Dec 7.

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